Beyond the House of the False Lama: Travels with Monks, Nomads and Outlaws

George Crane

Having thoroughly enjoyed Bones of the Master by George Crane, I was happy to find that he had written a later book that goes further into his physical and spiritual journeys.

This one is darker than the first with more of Crane’s emotional pain and addictions taking center stage. With less emphasis on the Buddhist master Tsung Tsaai , the subject of Crane’s first book, this memoir is on the most basic level the author’s spiritual log. If you enjoyed Bones of the Master , I would recommend this title to you as well. This book works as both prose and poetry and is filled with the insights of a man trying to make spiritual sense of the human condition.

Review by Tony Kainauskas